Kapustin Yar

Kapustin Yar
Капустин Яр
Russian Federation
Kapustin Yar is located in Russia
Kapustin Yar
Kapustin Yar
Kapustin Yar is located in Astrakhan Oblast
Kapustin Yar
Kapustin Yar
Coordinates48°35′N 45°43′E / 48.59°N 45.72°E / 48.59; 45.72
Site information
OwnerRussian Federation
Controlled byRussian Aerospace Forces
Open to
the public
No
Site history
Built1946 (1946)
Built bySoviet Union

Kapustin Yar (Russian: Капустин Яр) is a Russian military training area and a rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material, and scientific support gained from the defeat of Germany in World War II. Numerous launches of test rockets for the Russian military were carried out at the site, as well as satellite and sounding rocket launches. The towns of Znamensk and Kapustin Yar (air base) were built nearby to serve the missile test range.


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